Editorial cartoon by Jack Knox depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempting to introduce the "food subsidy program" to the U.S. Congress. The man depicting Congress is shown replying, "Sorry--But I ain't makin' any new acquaintances." The...

Correspondence from a soldier to his wife. He writes of the need for news from home. In the upper left hand corner is a depiction entitled "Capitol at Washington" printed by Reagles & Co. of New York. There is mention of Gen. Landers, a Col. Tyler...

"Jimmie Driver and his Tennessee Playboys" band. Pictured are three guitar players, one fiddle player, one banjo player, a harmonica player, and a spoons player; each holding his instrument. The caption on the front of the photograph identifies...

Two volume first edition set of "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" by Jefferson Davis. Published in 1881 by D. Appleton and Company, New York. The books belonged to Pitser Miller of Bolivar, Tennessee. Mr. Miller was known as "The...

Article from the November 10, 1883, issue of the "Rural Record," classifing and describing different breeds of poultry. Illustrations of certain breeds are provided as well, and the advantages of some varieties are highlighted, so the Tennessee...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's message to the nation concerning the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936 is reproduced in the 1937 Civilian Conservation Corps Yearbook with the Civilian Conservation Corps insignia at the bottom of the page,...

"The Airman's Escape" is George W. Puryear's autobiographical account of his capture and escape from a German POW camp during World War I. His account appeared in the April 1919 (p. 452-462) and May 1919 (p. 615-628) issues of Atlantic Monthly...

Engraving of Major-General Andrew Jackson, sword aloft, standing with troops behind American ramparts at the Battle of New Orleans. Two frontier militiamen and a black man are in forefront. The black man is rummaging through a bag of musket balls....

llustration depicting the failed impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, in which Radical Republicans are represented by a dead horse. Several individuals involved in the proceedings hold their noses against the "smell," including...

Cartoon from the Camp Wiley Post Wilderness Messenger, Volume 1, Number 3, featuring a GI explaining to a woman that he will be in a camp play called "Tom Mix and His Horse," to which she responds, "That's Great! Who's going to be Tom Mix?"

Currency bill, illustrated with the new Tennessee State Capitol, promises to pay bearer "Two Years After the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America."

This .22 caliber revolver was found on the grounds of the battlefield at Parker's Crossroads, Tenn. It has serial number 1960. The pistol is a Smith & Wesson, No. 1, First Issue, Type 3. The No. 1, First Issues were made from 1857-1860. A very...